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Cheshire boys enter new territory

Rob Payne returned to work on Tuesday but his was the best story when colleagues compared notes about what they had done the previous weekend.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 September 2026

By Andy Simpson

GLORY: The Cheshire League players celebrate victory

Rob Payne returned to work on Tuesday but his was the best story when colleagues compared notes about what they had done the previous weekend.
His last-gasp goal, a diving header, secured a dramatic victory for Cheshire League that sent them through to the UEFA Regions’ Cup finals next summer.
The striker’s magic moment in the 96th minute was a historic one too, for it means England will be represented for the first time in the last eight of the only UEFA competition for amateur and grassroots teams.
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